Nigeria Customs:WHAT YOU MUST KNOW

Nigeria Customs:WHAT YOU MUST KNOW

 

• Payment of correct Customs Duties enhances national development. So pay your Customs Duties promptly

• Hand-over only certified cheques to your Agents

• Demand receipt for all payments made

• Patronize genuine Customs licensed Agents only

• You can obtain self clearance license and clear your goods yourself

• Avoid the use of touts in clearing your cargo

• Make all certified cheques payable to the Federal Government of Nigeria through any of the approved designated banks

• Report all cases of extortion or demand for gratification to the nearest Customs Area Controller or the Office of the Comptroller General of Customs in Abuja

• Delay in clearance of imported goods attracts demurrage and lead to overtime cargo

• Ensure clearance of your goods within 90 days from the date of arrival at the seaports and 30 days at the airports

• False declaration of goods will lead to outright forfeiture. Ensure correct declaration always.

• Use of fake documents is crime when clearing your goods. This, apart from forfeiture of the goods, can lead you into jail. Always ensure the use of genuine Customs documents